JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH (1735–1782) / JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH BACH (1732–1795)

 

Keyboard Concertos

 

J. C. F. Bach

Keyboard Concerto in A major, YC91 Formerly attributed to Johann Christian Bach

 

J. C. Bach

Keyboard Concerto in D major, Op. 13, No. 2, C63

Keyboard Concerto in B flat major, Op. 13, No. 4, C65

 

J. C. F. Bach

Keyboard Concerto in E flat major, YC90 Formerly attributed to Johann Christian Bach

 

The Music Collection

Susan Alexander-Max - fortepiano, director

Simon Standage - violin

Nicolette Moonen - violin

Trevor Jones - viola

Jennifer Ward Clarke - cello

 

Johann Christian Bach, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian, made his career first in Italy and then, from 1762, in London, where he was a pioneer in the use of the fortepiano. His elegant, forward-looking concertos, written in the galant style, make a contrast with the more straightforward yet entertaining concertos by his older brother Johann Christoph Friedrich, who spent the greater part of his life at the court of Bückeburg in Lower Saxony.

 

Naxos 8570474